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Definition of Gowany
1. a. Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies.
Definition of Gowany
1. Adjective. (Scotland) Covered with daisies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gowany
1. gowan [adj] - See also: gowan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gowany
Literary usage of Gowany
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect by Robert Burns (1824)
"Gowan, the flower of the daisy, dandelion, hawk-weed, &c. gowany, gowany glens,
daisied dates. Gowd, gold. ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"In gowany glens thy burnie strays, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. Gowd, Goud [gold).
L—d, I'se hae sportin by an' by, , For my gowd guinea ..."
3. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"... gowany glen, For it's always Sabbath among the flowers, How aft hae I paused
in thac green retreats O' the hare und the foggy-bee, While the Untie ..."
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